Among the things you have to do even if you don't want to,

I'm not sure if such a thing exists, though.
Anyway, my recent conclusion is that it is definitely good to run.


My usual running courses are three. With my partner, I refer to and write them in order as Sowol-gil, Namsan Dulle-gil, and Hangang.
First, I leave the house, warm up at a park near the tennis court two minutes away, cross three crosswalks at the entrance of Jangchungdan-ro, and get ready to run.
The first is the round-trip course along Sowol-ro, where you face Namsan, run uphill to the Hyatt on the left for about 7 minutes, follow Sowol-ro straight to Namsan Library, and then return.
There is a course where you run along the road to the National Theater on the right, enter Namsan Park, follow Namsan Park Road to Baekbeom Plaza, and then run along Sowol-ro back to the neighborhood; this is the second course.
The third route is the Han River course, where you warm up at Bukhannam Samgeori and run south, crossing Hangang Park and Jamsugyo Bridge, or passing Hannam Bridge and Dongho Bridge to reach near Yongbi Bridge before returning. Since the Han River course is mostly downhill and flat except for a short uphill section above Jamsugyo Bridge, I tend to take it out when I want to run a bit faster.


A few days ago, I went for an outdoor run for the first time in a while.
Even though it was evening, the temperature was 33 degrees. The humidity was a bit lower than usual lately, but it was still extremely humid weather. To be honest, having already started sweating while changing into my workout clothes, it wasn't easy to muster the courage to go for a run outside. However, I wanted to break this cycle of negativity I'd been stuck in lately. It was a repetition of doing physically demanding work, resting because it was too hard to exercise, feeling even more lethargic, and having no positive thoughts. Feeling overwhelmed by the thought that every day was so tedious and that tomorrow and the future would be just like this. You idiot, even Kaiboil doesn't think like that... Anyway.
I chose the Han River course, and even while warming up, the humidity in the air felt like it was dragging my whole body down. But as soon as I started running, I knew. I had run happily even on nights hotter and more humid than this, and I knew that once it was over, I would definitely be a clearer version of myself. By the time I came back, took a cold shower, and stepped out, what was I thinking again? I had become a refreshed version of myself thinking, "Let's just go to sleep." A refreshed me. A refreshing run. Gye-hoon, do you feel refreshed? Let's just run. Let's just do it. Let's just live.